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w. & F. BATES. MACHINE FORSGGURING AND WASHING FABRICS. No. 104,818.

Patented June 28. 1870'.

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W. & P. BATES. MACHINE FOR SGOURING AND WASHING FABRICS. No. 104.818.

Patented June 28, 1870.

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ENGLAND Letters Patent No. 104,818, mum-2' 1870; patented in England December 14, 186:.-

To all whom it may concern Figures 1 and'2- reprsent opposite side'elevations of a machineconstrueted' 'iu'aecordauce with our invention and Figure 3, a vertical longitudinal section of the same.-

Figure 4 is ase'ctional transverse view-of a portion of themachine, 1n illustration of a valve use! therein.- .Figures'5 and 6 are transverse views, taken as. in-

dicated by the lines a: a: and y y, in fig. 1-, of certain .4 devices for shifting the belt and stopping the machine; when any knotting, or twisting. or fettering oft-hefab rics takes place; 1

Similar letters of reference'imlicate corresponding parts. e

" This invention relates to machines known as (101: a

lys, employed in washing andfscouringfabrics, and

embraces a certain advantageous arrangement of per-' i'oreted' pipes forspraying in crater to said chambers;

likewise a valve arranged to return the scour from the upper to 'the' lower chamber, or from' the upper chamber into the flock-box, accordingly as said valve is shifted. Also the invention. embraces an ordinary -tithing-trough,- with presser placed between the two pairs of rollers for the-fabric to be worked or pushed through. by the action ofthe first pai-r' ,of rollers, in. the usual manner, and a presser may h'ealso applied at the delivery side of the second 'pair of rollers, which operates against the bottom roller, producing additional crushingorfulling efl'ects upon the'fabric.

' Referring to the accompanyibg drawing+ A and B are the ordinary pair of squeeziuga-ollms and (l D are the additional pair or squeezing-rollers. These rollers are arranged, the one or receivingpair, at the forward end of an upper washing-chamber,"E, and the other pair at the delivery-end thereof,- ghieh is irr communication with a.lower scour-chamr, F. Both pairs of rollers, or the upper. ones of them, are provided with springs, b, and, preferably, with adjusting-screws, for the purpose of regulating, asrequired,

the pressure of said rollers on the fabrics under operoiation; or levers and weights maybe applied for this purpose, instead oi the-springs, if desirable.

G is the board or bar, with holes, 0, lbnnml'therein,

,forthe-fabricsto pass through. This board orbar is arranged at the forward end of the, machine 'for-the run ot .the.fabricthrough it,'in advance of the same passing to the primary rollers A B. Said board," which extends across the machine, is hinged to the frame by arms or otherwise,;as at d, and rests upon a suitable stop or stops, e. Attachedtoone end. of this board' is" a catch, f, which takes into alever, g, faston' the,sha.ft. h, that carries a, strap-guide or belt-shifter, i, and two hand levers, j'f, with a counter-weight, k'. f I When any. kuotting orfeltering of the fiibric'takcs' place in its passage-through the machine, theboard G will be-liited, and thereby remove the catchif from its strap-guide t, to throwthe driving-beltifroin th fast pulley H to the loose pulley I, and, consequentlgwill stop the/machine. JJLJ. are-perforated spray-pipes, arranged one-in advancenf the after pair of rollers 0 Band above the path of: the frabrics travel, andthe other twohe i ing situated; below said rollers, over the bZlOk'Qijtt-bfi the lower chamber-E- r I These pipes serve to admit, zin-a'sprinhling ordivided manner, the necessary water to the machine, and are connectedby' branches with a general supply-pipe,jK, provided with a cock, I, and whereby water is let on or shut olffrom the several spray-pipes J J J simul- 'taneously.

'upper'chamber E, and made .to control apertures'm' therein, communicating with the scour-chamber Fbelow, also serving to control a dischargesopenihg, it, into the usual flock-box, mf provic led with .ascreento catch the hook, When starting the machine this valve L isjadjusted-to close the opening n,-and open the apertures'm, alter which the cock I is turned to let on" water. -1his,'as the fabricgcontinuesits travel through the machine, drops the scour, back from the .up'per chamber E tothe lower chamber F. After the grease has been'fai'rly loosened, the valve Lis thenadjustedto close the apertures m, and open the discharge-opening n, .and'the water allowed to run, till clear, into the flock-box. v

To adapt the machine to crushing orfulling fabrics,

,lers A B and O D, with a presser, N, to act or-press upon the fabrics as they are pushed forward by'thoi action of the ordinary rollers A B.- There may also they issue or are-delivered from the additional pair of rollers G D, arranged to press the fabrics against the bottom of the said'rolle'rs. When the machine is used simply for washing or scouriug,these-pressers,- not being required, may be suspended byehains or. otherwise;

hold on the lever-g, and the weight kwill actuate the his a valve,=arrange d to cross the bottom of the a trough, M, is arranged between the two pairs of rolbe applied another presser, to act upon the fabrics-as I A dolly thus provided and constructed is not only improved, as applicable to its ordinary uses or purposes of washing and scouring, enabling additional washing and scouring efiects'to be produced, but is rendered applicable or adaptable to be' employed for the pnrposes of crushing and falling fabrics, thus avoiding the cost of two machines, and also saving the room and other requirements for working them.

That is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-- '1. The arrangement, relatively to the chambers E F and rearsqneezing-rollers C D, of the perforated water-pipes J J 1 J, essentially as herein set forth.

2. The combination with the chambers E F and flock-box M, of the valve I, arranged tocontrol openings m and m, substanti'ally'as and for the purpose herein. set forth.

3. The combination with the chambers E F and squeezing-rollers A B and O 1), of the inning-trough M and presser or pressers, the whole being constructed and am'anged for operation'substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM BATES. FREDERICK BATES. Witnesses to signature of WILLIAM Buns:

WM. TASKEB,,

, W. Yams SELLECK. Witnesses to signature of Fnnnemcx Buns:

' FEED. Hymns,

M. J. SHANLY, 

